Foursquare is a smartphone app encourages people to get out and enjoy their city by sharing check-ins, tips and to-dos while earning points and badges as they explore new venues and favorite hang-outs. Foursquare can also be used in education,
20 Social Networks for Lifelong Learners
Social networks allow people to learn in a social context through discussion, file sharing, and collaboration. Here are 20 social learning networks to visit in your spare time.
http://www.missiontolearn.com/2010/06/lifelong-learning-social-networks/
List of Social Media Tools That Can be Used in Social Learning
Social media types are being created, identified and defined constantly. With the exception of crowdsourcing, all other social media types can be used in social learning.
http://www.interactyx.com/blog/social-media-types-that-can-be-used-in-social-learning
iPads in Education: What important apps am I missing?
The following is a list created by Wesley Fryer with links to about 30 different important applications for education on th iPad.
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/09/06/ipads-in-education-what-important-apps-am-i-missing/
Learning Amongst the Riches: Students in the Cloud
Students are moving away from their college or university, not physically, but in terms of their online “center.” More and more, they can engage independently in learning conversations using applications of their own choosing, and they can create their own
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Mobile Trends, E-books, and the Web
Good brief analysis, with figures, on mobile learning. “The bottom line is that the mobile market continues to grow explosively, and along with it come the growth of certain activities. One old-school activity that remains popular is texting. “
http://blog.xplana.com/2010/08/mobile-trends-e-books-and-the-web/
Group calls on Montreal to join open-data movement
A group of citizens is pushing Montreal to join a worldwide movement to make its information accessible to all citizens. The group, Montréal ouvert, was started by Michael Lenczner, co-founder of Île sans fil, a free wireless service, and three
Email overload? Try Priority Inbox
Google has just introduced Priority Inbox (in beta)—an experimental new way of taking on information overload in Gmail. Priority Inbox is like your personal assistant, helping you focus on the messages that matter without requiring you to set up complex
10 Essential Free E-Books for Web Designers
This post highlights 10 of the best free e-books for web designers, with selections available as PDFs or in HTML.
Top 4 Freeware Spam Blockers That Actually Work
Even if your email’s not public, many users get targeted by so-called “dictionary” attacks against their email providers. One solution is to use temporary email addresses, but if you’re already receiving a lot of spam then the problem’s going to
TIME’s 50 Best Websites 2010
TIME has today released its “50 Best Websites of 2010,” an annual list to the best of the Web, which aims to include everything from “the big hitters to the unknowns.”
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2012721,00.html
Google Brings Google Voice to Gmail: Make and Receive Calls Right from Your Inbox
Google is testing a web-based telephony service inside Gmail. If you are a Gmail user in the U.S., you can now make free Web-based phone calls to any phone in the U.S. and Canada right from the Gmail interface. You
A Great New Tool For Making Timelines & Slideshows
LIFE has just unveiled a neat new feature that lets you search for any photos in its archives and create an online timeline/slideshow that you can share with a unique url address. Their Photo Timeline lets you use their original